Improved machine for upsetting tire



'N.PTERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, D (L lz/latent limine.

ELIAS SHOP-BELL, OF ASHLAND, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 94,346, dated Aug-ust 31, 14869.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOR USETTING- TIRE.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettes Patent and making part of the Baum.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ELIAS SHOPBELI., of Ashland, in the county of Ashland, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Machine for Upsetting VVagon-Tires; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of' reference marked thereon, iu which- Figure l is a side view of the machine.

Figure 2 is a top view.

Figure 3 is an end view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the vlews.

B is a stationary frame, secured to a hed-plate or work-bench.

A is a sliding frame, connected with the stationary frame by means of the slides g g.

a a are serrated eccentric cams, which are connected and revolve on the uprights I I, by means ofthe haudles c c, as shown in lig. l.

e is an eccentric, which revolves through a hole in the bed-plate of the stationary frame B. The point enters an oblong hole in the bottom of the sliding frame A, and by turning said eccentric block, by means of the lever d, the sliding frame in vmoved backward or forward.

b b are serrated and notched blocks, which are placed under the cams c a, as shown in fig. 1.

`'H is a flange, at the back side of the sliding frame A, the object of which is to prevent the tire or iron from ybending edgeways while upsetting the same.

The handles c c being placed and attached to the revolving cams on the outside of the uprights I I, is to allow space in the event the tire should vkink upward, there will then be room to use the hammer without coming too close to the handles.

The object of the eccentric e, the manner in which it is located, directly under and in the centre, and having its bearing on theI centre of the sliding frame A, is to obviate friction and side-draught,ttnd thereby more purchase is gained.

The blocks b b can be moved out or in, to suit the different curves of the tire, or can be taken olf, so as to form a straight line ou the base, and then the machine can be usedwith equal facilityfor upsetting iron axle-trees, spindles, shafting, or any straight pieces of iron, which isla very important item, as it makes the machine doubly valuable.

The manner in which this machine, as constructed, operates in upsetting tire is as'follows:

rlhe sliding frame A is moved out from the stationary frame B by movement of the lever d, the handles c c are turned up, so` as to open the space under the cams ay a', which are then ready to receive any-sized tire. lhe iron is then placed under the cams, the handles are then turned or clampcd= down, as indicated in fig. l, which will securely hold it, when the' sliding frame A is then moved forward, more or less, by means of the lever d, compressing the tire as may he desired.

What I claim, and 'desire to secure by Letters Yat tent, as an improvement on a former tire-upsetting machine, secured to me by Letters Patent, dated Januaiy 2, 1866, and numbered 51,87 2, is-

1. The combination of the serrated sliding frame A, y stationary serrated frame B, serrated blocks b l1', and

serrated cccentrics a a, substantially as described.

2. In combination -with the above, eccentric lever d, substantially as described.

' ELIAS SHOPBELL.

Witnesses:

ROBERT MCMURRAY, A. L. CURTIS. 

